God doesn't have Alzheimer's

One thing I have seen when I have opened my eyes is that God likes to show up and show out in ways you don't even think or expect. Many times we don't smell the roses of the blessings we are living and receiving. Other times we don't even realise God is answering the prayer we prayed in 1823, i.e., yonks and yonks ago. My testimony is that God has set up opportunities that I did not even lift a finger for or even have a strategy for and remembers prayers I had long forgotten about (or is it given up on?).

I heard a sermon some weeks ago saying how we are used to grinding so hard, work in a chaotic manner, burn ourselves out to get what we want and these are not reflective of our Father in heaven. Our Father of whom we are made in his image, is an organized God and as his children should be seeking his help in achieving our goals in a way that we can maintain our peace and stand in the storm knowing, all God needs to do is stretch out his hand and the storm will have to obey him. We shouldn't then be finding ourselves in a workaholic situation, burning and stressing ourselves out when we are children of a God who parts the sea and river a few times.

This was so encouraging for me as I continue with my new career path where I have so much to do to set up. Sometimes throughout the day, I am finding I don't even have simple time for browsing social media. Sometimes I have been sleeping late trying to catch up with my very much needed me-time, which then interferes with my sleep pattern and quality of sleep. With my health challenges, I can't afford poor quality sleep as that will worsen things when I'm trying to make them better. Sometimes I should be taking a break, then an idea will come to me and I find myself working instead of taking a break. It is good to put in effort in the things we do( faith without works is dead) but what isn't good is when we are burning ourselves out as if we don't have the God who created the entire universe in 6 days, on our side. As another sermon said, sometimes we are doing the most and not leaving the room for God to do what he can do in the blink of an eye.

I was looking for 4 volunteers for a project and asked my network to help me with this. Well my friend Edgar must have been sent on a special divine mission because he came back with so many volunteers, I didn't even know what to do. Divine wisdom gave me an idea of an avenue I could explore with them and just like that a window of opportunity presented for me. One that I didn't have to push for, sweat or toil for, it just came just like that. I also love how he will use the people in our circle to help move us forward. Amen! Of all the systems in the universe I am certain and without doubt that God's system is set up for me to win and I love it.

Think about it, God asks us to cast our burdens on him. Which human would do this for you and even if they could, would they have the capacity to do even 0.1 % of a change? All they can do is listen. We have guardian angels sent to watch over us and protect us from things that if we saw or knew about, I think we would faint and quickly get up and go into praise and worship for all the good things God has done. In this world, only the elite get security detail. Thank God, that in his eyes we are super elite. Most of all it is God's pleasure to bless his children. Meanwhile on this earth you are a burden to these governments and such high places and their actions show in the words of brother Michael Jackson, they don't really care about us. Amen God does and so long as you believe you will see it for yourself. It won't be a myth of what happens to and for others. The blessing is right there for you so don't be your worst enemy by blocking victory for yourself.

My other testimony is that, not only is God setting me up to win in matters of my career but in matters of friendships. In my previous post, I mentioned how my friendships have changed over the years. Some in hindsight came to a natural fizzle, some I was really baffled. Well, truly truly God must have seen a section of my heart that needed a little Divine "massage" and decided to give me something I asked for years ago and had even forgotten I'd asked for.

I was definitely baffled with how one friendship crumbled. I had prayed about it and asked for clarity because I really didn't understand what happened. After some time it seemed evident I wouldn't get the answers I really wanted and decided to let it go. Over the years I would think about it, still baffled at what happened, sometimes say a prayer and continue on. Eventually I gave myself the closure I needed and I was ok (may be God saw otherwise). It is my honest belief the closure you give yourself sometimes can be more powerful than if you go looking for it.

From what seemed to me like out of the blue, this friend of mine and I years later, got into a conversation and we ended up doing a heart-felt, post-mortem of what happened to our friendship. Misunderstanding/misconceptions, unspoken truths were some of the reasons uncovered in the verbal investigation and report.

I was really surprised to have this conversation and even more surprised with what it revealed. I never expected it and I was asking God after, why he allowed that conversation to happen. Not that it wasn't a good idea. I just wanted to know the deeper / God-reason for the conversation taking place. I didn't get a reply that day but the next day I was in a really good mood and excited. I thought to myself may be God saw somewhere deep in my heart that that issue was doing something to me, even though consciously I felt I was ok.

May be he simply wanted to give me a smile and get me excited ( I don't know about what but I was) or he just wanted to show, he never forgets my prayers even though I may do. I may not know the precise reason but I am so glad he allowed that conversation to happen. For me its shown yet again, in the area that matters and concerns me, God is looking after my spirit and soul long after I've even stopped thinking, praying or forgotten about what was troubling said spirit and soul. What a sweetly caring God who doesn't forget even when I do.

Related verses:

Philippians 2:13, Isaiah 41:10, Proverbs 10:22, Malachi 3:10, Proverbs 3:5

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